Metal tip for shoe laces



Get. 23 1923. 11,471,965

' F. LEWIS METAL TIP FOR SHOE LACES Filed May 10, 1922 I IINVb NTOR w A TTORNEY l e-iterated Get, 23, E923 FBABTEI LEW'IE, 0.. WARREN, OHIO.

TEETAL TIP FOR Application filed Kay 10,

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that l, FRAEK Lnwrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVarren, in the county of Trumbull, State of @hio, have invented a new and useful Metal Tip for Shoe Laces, or" which the following description.

The invention has relation to woven shoe laces, and more particularly to a lace of th s nature provided with metal tip, ereby to facilitate the threading of the tee through an eyelet r opening in the to be connected.

The metal tip usually applied to a lace frequently becomes detached therefrom and as a result annoyance and vexation are experienced in the threading of the lace through the usual eyelet or opening, because of the fraying, loosening or opening of the threading end of the lace.

The present invention provides positive means of connection between the metal tip and lace, whereby detachment of the metal tip from the lace is guarded against and prevented.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

While the drawings illustrate an enibodi-' ment of. the invention it is to be understood tiat in adapting the same to meet difierent conditions and requirements, various changes in the tornuproportion and minor details of construction be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings tanning a part of the application,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the blank troni which the metal tip of the lace is termed,

igure 2 is a detail view showing the blank attached to the lace,

Figure 3 is a detail view illustrating the blank after the same has been rolled upon the lace to form the tip, and

Figure 4 is a sectional detail on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred SHOE LACES.

2322. Serial No. 559,906.

to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters. 7

The numeral 1 designates a sheet metal blank of suitable size to meet requirements. plurality or" spurs 2 are provided along edge 1" the blank 1 and are termed by partly cutting portions from the blank 2 d pressing the same laterally therefrom in the same direction. The numeral 3 designates the lane 01 the woven type which is required to be tipped to facilitate the threading oi the same through the eyelets or openings of the parts to be connected. -The end 01: the lace 3 is placed against the side 01": the sheet metal blank 1 from which the spurs 2 project and said spurs are passedthrough the lace and the projectingbent whereby to clamp the lace between the body of: the blank and the bent ends of the spurs. This is indicated most clearly in Figure l. litter the metal blank has been thus attached to the lace, both are rolled s as to form the metal tip as indicated. most clearly in vFigure 3, the metal blank 1 enveloping tae end of the lace which has been positively attached thereto by means of the spurs 2. It will thus he understood that it is practically impossible to detach the tip :troni the lace withoutcausing the spurs to tear through the lace and destroy the same.

What is claimed. is:

A. lace, and sheet metal blank therefor having spurs formed adjacent one edge thereof by partly cutting portions from the blank and pressing the same aterally therefrom. said lace positioned along that edge of the sheet metal blank along which the spurs are formed and having the spurs passing therethrough, said lace overlapping the openings provided in the blank by the formation of the spurs, said spurs having their projecting ends bent to overlap the portions of lace disposed above the openings in the .lank. and said blank subsequently rolled about the lace to provide a tip therefor.

FRANK 

